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COOKS' COMPANY.

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Edward Corbett, by will dated 5th April 1674, gave to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Cooks' Company all his lands in Surrey, on condition of their giving thereout various gifts, and making other yearly payments therein specified. Among them testator gave

To the poor of the Company 51. a year, to be disposed of as the Master, Wardens, and the rest of the Company should think fit.

To the said Master, Wardens, and Assistants 57. a year towards their care and charge in managing the estate.

To the clerk of the Company 21. a year, and to the beadle 17. a year, for their pains.

51. a year to the relief of decayed ministers or ministers' widows.

21. a year to the poor of St. Martin's, Ludgate. 21. 10s. a year to the poor in the Compter at Ludgate. 21. a year to the poor of the parish of St. Gregory.

21. a year to the poor of the parish of St. Andrew, Wardrobe.

21. a year to the poor in the Compter in Wood Street. 21. a year to the poor in the Compter in the Poultry. 21. a year to the parish of St. Anne, Blackfriars. 4s. in the pound is deducted for land tax.

The 5. to the poor of this Company is included with others towards the allowances the Company make to their poor members in pensions, and also casual relief.

The Company hold under this devise two farms, one, called Old Lands, situate in the parishes of Charlwood and Horley in the county of Surrey, containing about 83 acres, let on lease for 21 years from Michaelmas 1855 to Mr. John Parsons, at a rental of 501. per annum, with the usual covenants. The other is called Lady Lands Farm in the parish of Horley, and contains 74a. 3r. 32p., let on lease to Mr. Samuel George Fredericks for 21 years from Michaelmas 1833 at the rent of 561. 5s. per annum, with the usual covenants.

There are also two allotments awarded under the Inclosure Act, the one, containing 17a. 2r. 24p., let to Mr. Henry Pullen, on lease for 14 years from Lady Day 1863, at a rental of 277. per annum, the other, called Low Field Inclosure, contains 8a. 2r. 3p., and is let to Mrs. William Middleton from year to year at a rental of 137. per annum.

The payments directed by the will are all regularly made. A Committee of the Court of Assistants annually inspect the property, and report the result at the following meeting.

I have mentioned that the 57. directed to be given to the poor of the Company merges into the general fund from whence the Company relieve their poor members, casually and by pensions; I may here add that it was represented that beyond the funds bequeathed to them in trust for this purpose 1001. a year is the average sum added from their private funds to these charitable uses.

SHIELD'S CHARITY.

By deed-poll, dated 4th March 1616, the Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Clothworkers, in consideration of 500l., granted to John Shield and his heirs a yearly rentcharge of 281. issuing out of their messuages, lands, and tenements situate in Nicholas Lane, London, and out of

their messuages, lands, and tenements situate in Fenchurch Street and Billiter Lane, and out of all other their messuages, lands, and tenements in the City of London, payable on the four usual feast days in the year, with power of distress and entry in case of nonpayment.

By indenture, bearing date 5th June 1617, the said John Shield, after reciting the above-mentioned grant by the Clothworkers' Company, assigned unto the Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of Cooks and their successors the said rentcharge of 281. per annum in trust after his decease to pay yearly at Michaelmas and Lady Day, or within thirty days thereafter, by equal portions

20s. to the usual reader of Divine service in the parish church of East Allendale, in the county of York, and to his successors for ever, for two sermons yearly by him or them, or by his or their procurance, in the said parish church.

And 10l. to the churchwardens of the said parish church and their successors and unto six of the wealthiest and principal men of the said parish for the time being, to be yearly chosen, and to be by them paid and distributed amongst the poor of the parish.

And 17. to the said churchwardens and their successors and the six other principal men, to be equally divided among them for their pains.

And 27. to the churchwardens of the parish church near adjoining, called Augustine's, alias Austin's Moor Church or Kirke, and their successors, and unto six other of the wealthiest and principal men of the parish to be yearly chosen, and to be by them distributed yearly amongst the poor people of the parish, with a proviso that if the said churchwardens of Allendale, or their successors or the six principal men, should not distribute the said 107. within a convenient time after its receipt among the poor people aforesaid, then the payment of the said 107. should cease, and the Master, Wardens, and Company of Cooks should yearly thereafter pay the said 101. unto the churchwardens of St. Augustine's, alias Austin's Moor Church, and the said six principal men of the parish for the time being for ever, and to be distributed by some of them yearly among the poor of the parish, and the last-mentioned sum of 208. to the said churchwardens and the said six principal men of the parish of St. Austin's Moor, to be equally divided among them. With a similar proviso, that in case the churchwardens and six principal men of the said parish of St. Austin's Moor should not distribute the said sum of 40s., within a convenient time after they should have received the same, amongst the poor of the said parish, that then the payment thereof should cease and determine, and the Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Cooks' Company should pay the same unto the churchwardens and six principal men of the parish of Allendale and their successors, to be distributed yearly amongst the poor people of the same parish of East Allendale. And also that the Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Cooks' Company should yearly out of the said rentcharge pay on the Feast of the Purification 20s. to the minister of the parish church of St. Mary Aldermary, London, for the time being for ever, for a sermon to be made once in every year in the said church on the said feast day.

Also yearly, on the Feast of St. Thomas the Apostle, 10s to the vicar or reader, 5s. to the clerk, and 5s. to the sexton of the same parish.

And 20s. to the guardians for the time being, to be distributed amongst the poor.

And 40s. to the guardians of the parish church of St. Benedict Fink in London for the time being, to be by them distributed amongst the poor of the said parish on the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle.

And 40s. yearly towards relieving the poor prisoners lying in one of the Compters in London.

And other 40s. towards the relief of the poor prisoners lying in the other of the Compters in London.

Also 40s. to be paid to two poor maids of honest name and fame upon the day of their respective marriages, 20s. each.

And 20s. for ever thereafter on the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle to be paid amongst the poor brethren of the Cooks' Company as need should be.

And that the said Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of Cooks, their successors and assigns for ever, should retain

40s. residue of the said rentcharge for their own use in respect of their care and pains, and the said Indenture contains a covenant from the Master, Governors, and Commonalty of Cooks with the minister and guardians of the parish of St. Mary Aldermary, that they would from time to time for ever thereafter pay the said several sums of money, and truly perform the trusts in them reposed. The rentcharge is regularly paid by the Clothworkers' Company, who are still in possession of property in and about the localities mentioned in the will.

The application is exactly as directed. The Company, in addition to the 20s. directed by the will for marriage portions, add 20s. from their own funds. The Court of Assistants elect the recipients by rotation.

DAVIS' CHARITY.

John Davis, by will dated 12th July 1708, gave to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Company of Cooks the sum of 2007., in which sum the Company was then indebted to him, upon trust to pay yearly out of the interest thereof to the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of St. Alban, Wood Street, London, 20s., to be by them distributed amongst four poor widows of that parish every Easter Monday; 51. yearly towards putting out apprentice a poor member's child of the said Company; 17. yearly upon the first court day after Easter to the poor of the Company.

This bequest is now represented by the sum of 2731. 6s. New 3 per cent. Annuities standing in the corporate name of the Company.

This Charity is administered with Phillips', next reported, by direction of the Court of Chancery.

PHILLIPS' CHARITY.

John Phillips, by will dated 29th April 1674, bequeathed his freehold messuage situate in Crooked Lane, London, after the decease of his wife, unto the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Company of Cooks and their successors, upon trust out of the rent and profits to pay yearly to the churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of St. Catherine Cree, alias Christchurch, in London, the sum of 107., to be by them annually applied to putting out apprentice two poor children of the said parish.

And upon further trust that the residue of the clear rents and profits of the said messuage should be yearly for ever disposed of and employed by the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Cooks' Company and their successors in placing out apprentices two poor children of some poor members of the Company yearly.

Under a gift of the same donor the Company have the right of presenting two children of members of the Company to be maintained and educated in Christ's Hospital.

This privilege is regularly exercised, and two recipients are always kept therein in regard of it.

The devised premises were sold in 1830 to the Corporation of London, as trustees under the Act for improving the approaches to New London Bridge, for the sum of 1,086., which was by Order of the Court of Exchequer invested in the sum of 1,1677. 14s. 10d. 3 per cent. Consols standing in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery.

A further sum of 2057. 14s. 9d. 3 per cent. Consols also stands in the corporate name of the Company belonging to this Charity.

The application of this and Davis' Charity as regards the apprenticing element having been for some years unsatisfactory to the Company (partly owing to the difficulty of suitable objects presenting themselves), it was resolved at a Court that the Master and Wardens should present a petition for the direction of the Court of Chancery, which resulted in the following Order :

By an Order of the Vice-Chancellor, made the 15th February 1839, in the matter of the Masters and Governors and Commonalty of the Mistery of Cooks of London, called the Cooks' Company, and in the matter of the wills of John Phillips and John Davis, upon the petition of John Cuff, the younger, and Warren Danford, it is ordered as follows:-That the Master's Report of the 17th July 1838 be confirmed; that the sum of 2007., the legacy called Davis' Gift, with 951. accumulations thereof, or so much as remained after payment of certain sums, be invested in the name of the Company in the purchase of 37. 10s. Reduced Bank Annuities, and that the dividends should be received by the Company and be carried to an account: "The account of the Masters and Governors and Commonalty of the Mistery of Cooks of London, Trustees

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"of John Davis' Charity." That the Company should apply the dividends yearly in the manner following:

20s. to the churchwardens and overseers of St. Alban's, Wood Street, London, for distribution by them to and amongst four poor widows of that parish on every Easter Monday.

20s. to the poor of the Company on the first Court day after Easter.

5i. towards putting out apprentice a poor member's child of the Company, if an opportunity occurred, but if not, that the yearly sum should fall into the residue of the income of the said stock, to be applied, subject to costs, together with the residue arising from Phillips' Gift, in manner herein-after mentioned.

That the said Company should yearly advertise, in not less than two London morning newspapers, that the Company had at disposal 57. towards putting out apprentice a poor member's child, and give such other notice as the Company should direct, provided the expense did not exceed 20s.

That the Company should cause a creditor and debtor account to be opened in the books of the Company, according to the provisions of a Scheme approved by the Court of Chancery, such account to be balanced every year.

That 2851. 19s. 10d., the accumulations on the income of Phillips' Gift, or so much as remained after payment of sums therein-after directed, should be invested by the Company in the purchase of Consols, and that the dividends thereof, with the dividends of 1,1677. 14s. 10d. Consols then in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Exchequer, be received by the Company and carried to an account: "The account of the Masters and Governors and Commonalty of the Mistery of Cooks of "London, Trustees of John Phillips' Charity."

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That the Company should apply the dividends and the rents of any hereditaments purchased with the said 1,167. 14s. 10d. Stock, according to the provision of the London Bridge Acts, yearly in manner following, viz. :107., after deducting land tax, to the churchwardens and overseers of St. Catherine Cree Church, alias Christ Church, London, to be by them disposed of for placing apprentice two poor children of that parish, and to pay the residue of the said annual income, after deducting certain costs, in apprenticing yearly two poor children of a poor member of the Company if an opportunity occurred, but if not, to apply such residue, together with any residue arising from John Davis' Charity, in manner herein-after mentioned, viz., in relieving poor freemen of the Company as the Court of the Company should direct at the first Court yearly held after Easter Sunday.

That the Company should advertise and make public in like manner and at the like expense as before expressed in relation to Davis' Gift, that the Company had at disposal money for apprenticing yearly poor children of poor members of the Company.

That the Company should open a like account in relation to John Phillips' Charity, pursuant to the said scheme before referred to concerning Davis' Gift, and that the Company should be allowed for keeping the books and accounts of the two Charities, and administering the Trusts, the annual sum of 40s., to be apportioned between the income of such Charities according to their respective

amounts.

That the costs of all parties be taxed and apportioned in like manner, and what should be apportioned to Davis' Gift be paid out of the said sum of 951., and what should be apportioned to Phillips' Charity be paid out of the sum of 2851. 19s. 10d.

By the report of Sir Giffin Wilson, dated 7 April 1839, pursuant to the last order in respect of Davis' Gift, he apportioned 221. Os. 6d. (part of 1187. 9s. 6d., the amount of taxed costs to be between the Charities) to be paid out of the said sum of 95l., and in respect of Phillips' Gift, the said Master apportioned 967. 98. (the remainder of the said 1187. 98. 6d.) to be paid out of the said sum of 2857. 19s. 10d.

It was represented at the inquiry that these Charities have since been administered in exact accordance with the above.

PEADE'S CHARITY.

Leonard Peade, by will dated 4th November 1663, bequeathed to the Master or Governors and Commonalty of the Cooks' Company the sum of 1007., upon this condition, that they should after his decease yearly for ever pay unto the churchwardens or overseers of the parish of Warfield, in the county of Berks for the time being the sum of

51., to be by them applied towards the relief of the poor of that parish.

Provision was made in the said will for the investinent of the 1001. in the event of the Company declining to accept it with the condition attached. Such contingency, however, did not arise, and the Company regularly make the payment in full to the vicar's churchwarden for distribution.

HOPE'S CHARITY.

Thomas Hope, by will dated 7 July 1707, gave to the Master, Wardens, and Assistants of the Company of Cooks the sum of 2001., in which they were indebted to him, upon condition that they pay yearly at their Lady Day Quarter Court the sum of 51. amongst the poor of the said Company.

This sum forms part of the General Distribution Fund.

KENNEDY'S CHARITY.

Sir Alexander Kennedy, Bart., by will dated 16 November 1789, beqeathed unto the Cooks' Company the sum of 1007. Bank Stock upon trust to pay the annual dividends thereof amongst the ten clergymen's widows that should or might be pensioners of the Company for ever.

The legacy, increased by bonuses granted by the Bank of England to 1147. 18. 9d. of the said stock, now stands in the corporate name of the Company, and the dividend is annually applied, the Company adding sufficient to make up the sum of 201. per annum, which they give to four clergymen's widows, 5l. to each.

ALDERMAN SAMUEL BIRCH'S CHARITIES. Samuel Birch, Alderman, at a General Court of Assistants, 14 September 1839, presented to the Cooks' Company the sum of 500l., and desired that the Court should use the money in the manner that they may deem best for the welfare of the poor brethren of the Company.

It was resolved that the Court do accept this liberal donation, &c., and that the 5001. be immediately laid out in the purchase of 3 per Cent. 1726 Annuities, and the income arising from such stock shall be distributed by the Court either yearly or otherwise in such manner as they may deem most desirable in relieving any of the poor

freemen or free women of the Company, or widows of freemen during their widowhood. That should the Court at any time not think proper to distribute the whole or any part of the yearly income, the same shall be laid out in increasing the principal sum of stock, or of whatever property the principal may then consist.

The above gift was invested in the purchase of 5581. 138. 2d. 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1726.

At a Quarterly Court of Assistants, 28 January 1842, Alderman Birch having died in 1841, the clerk of the Company laid before the Court the following extract from the first codicil to the will of the said Samuel Birch, viz.—

"I give and bequeath to the Cooks' Company of the City of London, of which I am a member, 5007. sterling, the interest of which is to be applied by the Court of Assistants to the increase of the pensioners, or the increase of the allowance to the present ones, being widows or orphans of the poor freemen of the said Company, according to the discretion of the said Court of Assistants."

The executors (two sons of the testator) resisted the claim of the Cooks' Company on the ground that the donation satisfied the legacy. The Cocks' Company did not consider that it was the intention of the testator to consider the legacy as satisfied by the gift, as the will had remained unaltered for more than two years after the gift, and also that the trusts of the legacy did not correspond with the direction as to the application of the donation, and proceeded by a writ in equity to enforce the payment of the legacy.

A compromise was afterwards effected that the executors should pay the legacy and the Company pay their own costs.

In October 1843 the legacy was invested in the purchase of 4781. 148. 6d. New South Sea Annuities. The stock in both these securities has been paid off, and both sums, the donation and legacy, and some accumulations are now represented by the sum of 1,0251. New 3 per Cent. Annuities standing in the corporate name of the Company, and the dividends are applied in pensions to poor women, duly qualified, elected by the Court of Assistants. All which I submit to the Board. JOHN SIMONS,

30th January 1865.

Inspector of Charities.

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